16 Questions
Which branch of science studies individuals and societies?
Economics
Which branch of science focuses on the formal systems governed by axioms and rules?
Mathematics
Which discipline uses scientific knowledge for practical purposes, such as in engineering and medicine?
Medicine
What is the earliest historical record of identifiable predecessors to modern science?
Bronze Age Egypt and Mesopotamia
What discipline studies the physical world?
Chemistry
Are the formal sciences considered science disciplines?
No, because they do not rely on empirical evidence.
What was the primary focus of the Greek natural philosophy of classical antiquity?
Providing explanations of events in the physical world based on natural causes
During which period did scientific research deteriorate in the regions after the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
Early middle ages (400 to 1000 CE)
Where were some Greek manuscripts preserved and expanded upon during the Medieval renaissances?
Middle East
What played a greater role in knowledge creation during the Scientific Revolution that began in the 16th century?
Scientific method
When did the word 'science' start being used in Middle English?
14th century
What is the etymology of the word 'science'?
'knowing', derived from Latin sciens
What does the Latin word scientia mean?
'Knowledge, awareness, understanding'
'Sciō' may have its origin in which Proto-Italic language?
*skije- or *skijo- meaning 'to know'
'Sciō' is derived from which Latin word?
'To know'
'Sciō' is a back-form from which proposal according to Michiel de Vaan?
'To incise'
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